| Title: | The Role of Green Building Materials in Reducing Environmental and Human Health Impacts |
| Author(s): | Khoshnava SM; Rostami R; Mohamad Zin R; Streimikiene D; Mardani A; Ismail M; |
| Address: | "UTM Construction Research Centre, Institute for Smart Infrastructure and Innovative Construction, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor 81310, Malaysia. Department of Architecture, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari 4816119318, Iran. School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor 81310, Malaysia. Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics, A. Vivulskio g. 4A-13, 03220 Vilnius, Lithuania. Informetrics Research Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City 758307, Vietnam. Faculty of Business Administration, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City 758307, Vietnam" |
| Journal Title: | Int J Environ Res Public Health |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1660-4601 (Electronic) 1661-7827 (Print) 1660-4601 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Conventional building materials (CBMs) made from non-renewable resources are the main source of indoor air contaminants, whose impact can extend from indoors to outdoors. Given their sustainable development (SD) prospect, green building materials (GBMs) with non-toxic, natural, and organic compounds have the potential to reduce their overall impacts on environmental and human health. In this regard, biocomposites as GBMs are environmentally friendly, safe, and recyclable materials and their replacement of CBMs reduces environmental impacts and human health concerns. This study aims to develop a model of fully hybrid bio-based biocomposite as non-structural GBMs and compare it with fully petroleum-based composite in terms of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions and human health impacts. Using a small chamber test (American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)-D5116) for VOC investigation and SimaPro software modeling with the ReCiPe method for evaluating human health impacts. Life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology is used, and the results indicate that switching the fully hybrid bio-based biocomposite with the fully petroleum-based composite could reduce more than 50% impacts on human health in terms of indoor and outdoor. Our results indicate that the usage of biocomposite as GBMs can be an environmentally friendly solution for reducing the total indoor and outdoor impacts on human health" |
| Keywords: | "*Air Pollution, Indoor Construction Materials/*adverse effects Environment Environmental Monitoring/*methods Humans Organic Chemicals Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis biocomposite green building materials human health life cycle assessment sustainable;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineKhoshnava, Seyed Meysam Rostami, Raheleh Mohamad Zin, Rosli Streimikiene, Dalia Mardani, Abbas Ismail, Mohammad eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Switzerland 2020/04/16 Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Apr 10; 17(7):2589. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072589" |
